IE · 1982 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Ireland, 1982
In 1982, Ireland's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 35.3% compared to 1981, reaching 23.
Ireland accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 13,414.
Ireland ranks 13th out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.